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A smiling Jeff Hathaway was holding the plaque as he stood next to Robert G. Burton in the photograph taken on Sept. 4, 2004, at Rentschler Field. It was a day after groundbreaking began on the University of Connecticut's $50 million on-campus football facility that Burton's $2.5 million donation helped kick-start. His contribution would earn his family's name on the facility, along with the perception that Burton was the football program's No. 1 booster. • UConn Donor Robert Burton Demands Return Of $3 Million • Read The Letter: Burton Demands $3 Million Returned From UConn But just over six years after accepting the UConn Club's Outstanding...

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